97 B-Line
The 97 B-Line is a bus rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It connects Coquitlam Central Station on the West Coast Express system to Lougheed Town Centre Station on the SkyTrain system. It is operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company and funded by TransLink. Going west, the route goes along Clarke Rd., St. John's St., Ioco Rd, Guildford Way and Pinetree Way, and serves Burnaby, Port Moody, and Coquitlam. The line carried 10,750 passengers on weekdays in 2011[1] and is expected to be replaced by the Evergreen Line when it opens in 2016.
Unlike the other B-Line services, this route mainly uses conventional 40-foot buses with no special paint scheme. It takes 45 minutes to complete during rush hour, and about 30 minutes off-peak.
97 B-Line stops and transfer points
Burquitlam Stops
- Lougheed Town Centre Station1 - connects to the SkyTrain system and also serves the Lougheed Town Centre shopping mall and the standing stones.
- Lougheed Mall/Austin1 - an alternate stop for the Lougheed Town Centre mall.
- Cameron1 - serves the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood in Burnaby.
- Foster1 - alternate stop for Sullivan Heights.
- Smith - serves the Plaza Burquitlam shopping area.
- Como Lake - alternate stop for the Plaza Burquitlam.
1: This stop is located on the street separating Burnaby and Coquitlam.
Port Moody Stops
- Glenayre - serves the Glenayre and Seaview neighbourhoods of Port Moody, with connections to a local community shuttle.
- Barnet - serves the East Hill neighbourhood.
- Queens - serves the northwestern part of the Harbour Chines neighbourhood and the Port Moody Station Museum.
- Williams - serves the Port Moody Station of the West Coast Express and northern Harbour Chines.
- Moray - serves the industrial areas in southeast Port Moody.
- Newport - serves the Port Moody City Hall, the local theatre and library, and the Heritage Mountain Shoppers Village strip-mall.
- Ungless - serves Eagle Ridge Hospital.
Coquitlam Stops
- Falcon - serves the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood around the Coquitlam/Port Moody border.
- Lansdowne - serves the Eagle Ridge and Highland Park neighbourhoods.
- Johnson - serves the Canyon Springs neighbourhood.
- Pinetree - serves the Coquitlam City Hall area and Douglas College's David Lam campus.
- Guildford - the same as the Pinetree stop, but going in the opposite direction.
- Lincoln - first stop for the Coquitlam Centre shopping mall; also serves Henderson Place mall and the Westwood neighbourhood.
- Coquitlam Central Station - connects to the West Coast Express's Coquitlam Station and the Coquitlam Centre mall; also serves Westwood Mall and Pinetree Village.
See also
- Evergreen Line (TransLink)
- 96 B-Line
- 98 B-Line
- 99 B-Line
- List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver
References
- ↑ "Bus System Performance Review". TransLink. May 31, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012. Specifically 2011 BSPR Route Summaries 1 to 99 PDF.